Guest guest Posted February 25, 2009 Report Share Posted February 25, 2009 Senses and true dharma He who has subdued the mind will be the same in good times and bad. Grief and joy are but alterations of the mind. It is only when the mind is associated with the senses and the body that it is affected. Impulses and desires have to be sublimated in order to achieve mastery over the mind. Desires excite the mind and make it rush towards the senses. It is not enough if only one sense is conquered, all of them should be mastered completely. To a person who has no faith in righteousness, the joy derived from its observance is incomprehensible. To dilate upon it before such a person is as useless a venture as blowing a conch before a person who is stone deaf. So when righteousness is taught to a person, ascertain whether that person has faith and earnestness, and the eagerness to practise it. Only such persons must be dealt with. The true Dharma (right conduct) lies in being immersed in Atmic bliss, the Inner Vision, the steady faith in the identity of one's real nature with the Absolute and the realization and that all is Brahman (Divinity). These four constitute authentic Dharma. The aim of Dharma is to make the individual give up the attachment to external nature and the illusion it causes. It makes the individual realize its Reality, or rather, un-realize what it had up to now taken to be real, so that it may stand revealed in its genuine identity. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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